Editor, Dr S. L.
Olson
(olsons@si.edu)
Fossil birds and miscellanea
Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Division of Birds, NHB MRC
116, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Michigan State
University Museum, West Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI
48824, USA
Editor, Dr T. Chesser (chessert@si.edu)
New World birds
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research
Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012,
USA
Editor, Dr
Trevor H. Worthy
(trevor.worthy@adelaide.edu.au)
Fossil
Aves
School of Earth
and Environmental Sciences, Darling Building, University
of Adelaide North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5005, AUSTRALIA
Aves
collection in 2003 | 2005
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| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 2013 Article
Zootaxa
3647 (2): 343–357 (09 May 2013)
A new species of extinct scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes:
Strigidae: Otus)
from São Miguel Island (Azores Archipelago, North
Atlantic Ocean)
JUAN CARLOS RANDO, JOSEP ANTONI ALCOVER,
STORRS L. OLSON & HARALD PIEPER
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Zootaxa
3641 (3): 296–300 (24 Apr. 2013)
DNA-sequence data require revision of the parrot genus Aratinga
(Aves: Psittacidae)
J.V. REMSEN, JR., ERIN E. SCHIRTZINGER, ANNA FERRARONI,
LUÍS FÁBIO SILVEIRA & TIMOTHY F. WRIGHT
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Zootaxa
3637 (4): 478–483 (12 Apr. 2013)
Neotypification of Larus cachinnans Pallas,
1811 (Aves: Laridae)
JIŘÍ
MLÍKOVSKÝ & VLADIMIR M. LOSKOT
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Zootaxa
3635 (1): 51–61 (25 Mar. 2013)
A new species of masked-owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae)
from Seram, Indonesia
KNUD ANDREAS JØNSSON, MICHAEL KØIE POULSEN, TRI
HARYOKO,ANDREW HART REEVE & PIERRE-HENRI FABRE
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Zootaxa
3626 (4): 531–542 (15 Mar. 2013)
A taxonomic review of the Golden-green Woodpecker, Piculus
chrysochloros (Aves: Picidae) reveals the existence of six valid taxa
GLAUCIA DEL-RIO, LUÍS FÁBIO SILVEIRA, VAGNER CAVARZERE & MARCO ANTONIO
RÊGO
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Zootaxa
3616 (5): 478–484 (22 Feb. 2013)
On the ornithological
collection of Friedrich Sellow in Brazil (1814–1831),
with some considerations about the provenance of his
specimens
MARCO ANTONIO REGO, LUCIANO MOREIRA-LIMA, LUÍS FÁBIO
SILVEIRA & SYLKE FRAHNERT
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Zootaxa
3616 (3): 298–300 (20 Feb. 2013)
The authorship and type
locality of Melanocorypha leucoptera (Aves: Alaudidae)
JIŘÍ MLÍKOVSKÝ
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Zootaxa
3613 (1): 61–82 (7 Feb. 2013)
Validity of Bartram’s
Painted Vulture (Aves: Cathartidae)
NOEL F. R. SNYDER & JOEL T. FRY
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Zootaxa
3613 (1): 1–35 (7 Feb. 2013)
Phylogeny and classification
of the New World suboscines (Aves, Passeriformes)
JAN I. OHLSON, MARTIN IRESTEDT, PER G. P. ERICSON &
JON FJELDSÅ
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Zootaxa
3609 (2): 248–250 (29 Jan. 2013)
The type series of Chloris
sinica tschiliensis Jacobi, 1923 (Aves, Fringillidae)
TILL TÖPFER
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Zootaxa
3581: 81–85 (12 Dec. 2012) 2 plates;
13 references Accepted: 1
Nov. 2012
On the correct holotype and
type locality of Cercomacra sclateri Hellmayr 1905
(Aves: Thamnophilidae)
VAGNER CAVARZERE (Brazil), MARY LECROY (USA), RAFAEL
SOBRAL MARCONDES (Brazil), THIAGO VERNASCHI VIEIRA DA
COSTA (Brazil) & LUÍS FÁBIO SILVEIRA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa
3569: 41–54 (30 Nov. 2012) 5 plates;
47 references
Accepted: 3 Sept. 2012
Clinal pattern of
morphological variation in Sakesphorus luctuosus (Lichtenstein,
1823), with comments on the enigmatic Sakesphorus
hagmanni Miranda-Ribeiro, 1927 (Passeriformes:
Thamnophilidae)
LEONARDO ESTEVES LOPES & LUIZ PEDREIRA GONZAGA
(Brazil)
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Zootaxa
3560: 86–88 (23 Nov. 2012) 0 plate; 6 references
Accepted: 17
Oct. 2012
Circumscription, diagnosis
and description of two subfamilies and one genus of
Australo-Papuan robins (Aves: Passeriformes: Petroicidae)
LESLIE CHRISTIDIS (Australia), MARTIN IRESTEDT (Sweden),
DIANNE ROWE (Australia), WALTER E. BOLES (Australia) &
JANETTE A. NORMAN (Australia)
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Zootaxa
3515: 51–59 (12 Oct. 2012) 0 plate;
86 references Accepted: 10
Sept. 2012
The authorship and type
localities of bird taxa (Aves) collected during the John
Ross 1818 Expedition to the Baffin Bay, northwestern
Atlantic Ocean
JIŘÍ MLÍKOVSKÝ (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa
3513: 86–88 (10 Oct. 2012) 0 plate; 20 references Accepted: 10
Sept. 2012
Classification and
Nomenclature of the Sandpipers (Aves: Arenariinae)
RICHARD C. BANKS (USA)
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Zootaxa
3452: 66–68 (4 Sept. 2012) 0 plate; 36 references
Accepted: 12 Jul. 2012
The correct name for the
Siberian Black-billed Capercaillie is Tetrao urogalloides
(Aves: Tetraonidae)
JIŘÍ MLÍKOVSKÝ (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa
3451: 1–16 (4 Sept. 2012) 5
plates; 49 references
Accepted: 9 Jul. 2012
Genetic and morphological
data support placement of Myrmotherula gularis
(Spix) in the monotypic genus Rhopias Cabanis
and Heine (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)
RICARDO BELMONTE-LOPES (Brazil); GUSTAVO A. BRAVO (USA),
MARCOS R. BORNSCHEIN (Brazil); GIOVANNI N. MAURÍCIO
(Brazil), MARCIO R. PIE (Brazil) & ROBB T. BRUMFIELD
(USA)
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Zootaxa
3439: 5 1–67 (27 Aug. 2012) 10 plates; 32 references
Accepted: 18
Jun. 2012
São João del Rei is the
type locality of Scytalopus speluncae (Aves: Passeriformes:
Rhinocryptidae)—a response to Maurício et al. (2010)
MARCOS A. RAPOSO (Brazil), GUY M. KIRWAN (Brazil), VLADIMIR LOSKOT (Russia)
& CLAYDSON PINTO DE ASSIS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa
3393: 53–56 (19 Jul. 2012) 0 plate; 5 3 references
Accepted: 29 May 2012
Correct name for the Asian
Brown Flycatcher (Aves: Muscicapidae, Muscicapa)
JIŘÍ MLÍKOVSKÝ (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa
3356: 65–68 (25 Jun. 2012) 0 plate; 49 references Accepted: 10
May 2012
Nomenclatural notes on the
East Asian form of the Mew Gull Larus
canus Linnaeus, 1758
(Aves: Laridae)
JIŘÍ
MLÍKOVSKÝ (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa
3340: 44–58 (8 Jun. 2012) 0 plate;
103 references Accepted: 1
May 2012
An assessment of three
little-noticed papers on avian nomenclature by
G. N. Kashin during 1978–1982
STEVEN M. S. GREGORY & EDWARD C. DICKINSON (UK)
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Zootaxa
3205: 26–40 (24 Feb. 2012) 2 plates; 75 references Accepted: 1
Feb. 2012
A revised
nomenclature and classification for family-group taxa of
parrots (Psittaciformes)
LEO
JOSEPH (Australia), ALICIA TOON (Australia), ERIN E.
SCHIRTZINGER (USA), TIMOTHY F. WRIGHT (USA) & RICHARD
SCHODDE (Australia)
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Zootaxa
3195: 6 1–67 (16 Feb. 2012) 2 plates;
38 references
Accepted: 6
Dec. 2011
Isleria, a new
genus of antwren (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)
GUSTAVO A. BRAVO, R. TERRY CHESSER & ROBB T. BRUMFIELD
(USA)
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Zootaxa
3182: 29–42 (03 Feb. 2012) 7 plates; 48 references
Accepted: 06
Dec. 2011
A new species of extinct
fossil scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus)
from the
Archipelago of
Madeira (North Atlantic Ocean)
JUAN
CARLOS RANDO (Spain), HARALD PIEPER (Germany), JOSEP
ANTONI ALCOVER (Spain) & STORRS L.
OLSON (USA)
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Monograph
Zootaxa
3124: 1–62 (08 Dec. 2011) 26 plates; 142 references
Accepted: 11 Oct. 2011
Systematics, morphology, and
ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves:
Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species
JULIAN PENDER HUME
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Zootaxa
3122: 37–67 (07 Dec. 2011) 25 plates; 66 references
Accepted: 20 Oct. 2011
Morphological support for
placement of the Wing-banded Antbird Myrmornis
torquata in the Thamnophilidae (Passeriformes: Furnariides)
ANA GALVÃO & LUIZ PEDREIRA GONZAGA (Brazil)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa
3106: 67–68 (22 Nov. 2011) 0 plates; 4
references
Accepted: 19 Oct. 2011
Circumscription, diagnosis
and description of a subfamily of Australo-Papuan
robins
KATE LOYNES, LEO JOSEPH & J. SCOTT KEOGH (Australia)
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Zootaxa
3086: 15–26 (02 Nov. 2011) 5 plates; 50 references
Accepted: 27 Sep. 2011
Helminths of the
white ibis, Eudocimus
albus (Aves:
Therskiornithidae) in
Mexico.
MIRZA P. ORTEGA-OLIVARES, DAVID I. HERNÁNDEZ-MENA,
GERARDO PÉREZ-PONCE DE LEÓN &
MARTÍN GARCÍA-VARELA (Mexico)
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Zootaxa
3053: 1–58 (10 Oct. 2011) 5 plates;
161 references
Accepted: 18 Aug. 2011
Insects found in birds’ nests from Argentina. Myiopsitta
monachus (Boddaert, 1873) [Aves: Psittacidae],
exclusive host of Psitticimex
uritui (Lent & Abalos, 1946) (Hemiptera:
Cimicidae)
PAOLA TURIENZO & OSVALDO DI IORIO
(Argentina)
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Zootaxa
3005: 45–68 (26 Aug. 2011) 2 plates;
178 references
Accepted: 6 Jul. 2011
Nomenclatural and taxonomic status of bird
taxa (Aves) described by an ornithological swindler, Josef
Prokop Pražák (1870–1904)
JIŘÍ
MLÍKOVSKÝ (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa
3002: 52–58 (24 Aug. 2011) 3 plates; 25 references
Accepted: 15 Jul. 2011
A distinctive new subspecies of the Royal
Sunangel (Aves: Trochiliformes; Heliangelus
regalis) from the Cordillera Azul, northern Peru
GARY R. GRAVES, DANIEL F. LANE, JOHN P. O’NEILL & THOMAS VALQUI (USA)
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Zootaxa
2990: 1–29 (09 Aug. 2011) 1 plates;
38 references
Accepted: 7 Jul. 2011
Type specimens and type localities of birds
collected during the Hemprich and Ehrenberg expedition to
Lebanon in 1824
JIŘÍ
MLÍKOVSKÝ (Czech Republic) & SYLKE FRAHNERT
(Germany)
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Zootaxa
2985: 64–68 (04 Aug. 2011) 0 plates;
38 references
Accepted: 7 Jul. 2011
Nomenclatural notes on Cyornis and
Rhinomyias flycatchers
(Aves: Muscicapidae) of South-East Asia
JIŘÍ
MLÍKOVSKÝ (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa
2929: 59–63 (24 Jun. 2011) 3 plates; 19 references
Accepted: 16 May 2011
Rediscovery of the holotype of Trochilus
maria Gosse, 1849
(Aves: Apodiformes:
Trochilidae)
GARY R. GRAVES (USA) & ROBERT P. PRYS-JONES (UK)
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Zootaxa
2918: 68–68 (14 Jun. 2011) 0 plates; 8 references
Accepted: 03 May 2011
The original
spellings of Thryothorus Vieillot,
1816 (Vertebrata, Aves): a
correction
NORMAND DAVID (Canada) & ALAIN DUBOIS (France)
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Zootaxa
2793: 67–68 (17 Mar. 2011) 0 plates; 8 references
Accepted: 17 Feb. 2011
A generic name for some
sparrows (Aves: Emberizidae)
JOHN KLICKA & RICHARD C. BANKS (USA)
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Zootaxa
2781: 49–62 (2 Mar. 2011) 6 plates; 49 references
Accepted: 15 Jan. 2011
Plumage variability
and taxonomy of the Capped Seedeater Sporophila
bouvreuil (Aves:
Passeriformes: Emberizidae)
ÉRIKA MACHADO & LUÍS FÁBIO SILVEIRA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa
2776: 49–60 (24 Feb. 2011) 4 plates; 44 references
Accepted: 15 Jan. 2011
Patterns of
morphological and genetic variation in the Mentocrex
kioloides complex
(Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from Madagascar, with
the description of a new species
STEVEN M. GOODMAN (USA),
MARIE JEANNE RAHERILALAO (Madagascar) & NICHOLAS L.
BLOCK (USA)
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Zootaxa
2754: 67–68 (1 Feb. 2011) 0 plates; 3 references
Accepted: 17 Jan. 2011
Designation of a
lectotype for Notiomystis
cincta hautura Mathews,
1935 (Aves: Passeriformes:
Meliphagidae)
GEORGE R. ANGEHR (USA)
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Zootaxa
2742: 1–33 (17 Jan. 2011) 36 plates; 36 references
Accepted: 12 Nov. 2010
Taxonomy and
geographic variation of Formicivora
serrana (Hellmayr, 1929)
and Formicivora
littoralis Gonzaga and Pacheco, 1990
(Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)
DANIEL H. FIRME & MARCOS A. RAPOSO (Brazil)
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2010
Article
Zootaxa
2637: 55–68 (6 Oct. 2010) 0 plates; 47 references
Accepted: 8 Sep. 2010
Checklist of the
parasites of the black-necked swan, Cygnus
melanocoryphus (Aves:
Anatidae), with new records from Chile
DANIEL GONZÁLEZ-ACUÑA (Chile), LUCILA MORENO (Chile),
ARMANDO CICCHINO (Argentina),
SERGEY MIRONOV (Russia) & MIKE KINSELLA (USA)
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Zootaxa
2603: 53–60 (6 Sep. 2010) 2 plates; 23 references
Accepted: 9
Aug. 2010
Molecular phylogeny of the
spoonbills (Aves: Threskiornithidae) based on mitochondrial
DNA
R. TERRY CHESSER (USA), CAROL K.L. YEUNG (China), CHENG-TE YAO (China), XIU-HUA
TIAN (China) & SHOU-HSIEN LI (China)
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Zootaxa
2554: 65–68 (30 Jul. 2010) 0 plates; 20 references
Accepted: 24
Jun. 2010
Bernieridae (Aves:
Passeriformes): a family-group name for the Malagasy
sylvioid radiation
ALICE CIBOIS (Switzerland), NORMAND DAVID (Canada), STEVEN
M.S. GREGORY (UK) & ERIC PASQUET (France)
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Zootaxa
2534 66–68 (13 Jul. 2010) 0 plates; 12
references
Accepted: 25 Jun. 2010
Priority of Geranoaetus
Kaup, 1844 over Tachytriorchis
Kaup, 1844
(Aves: Accipitridae) based on the first
reviser principle
FÁBIO RAPOSO DO AMARAL (Brazil), FREDERICK H. SHELDON (USA), ANITA GAMAUF
(Austria), ELISABETH HARING (Austria), MARTIN J.
RIESING (Austria), LUÍS F. SILVEIRA (Brazil) &
ANITA WAJNTAL (Brazil)
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Zootaxa
2518 32–48 (25 Jun. 2010) 7 plates; 44 references
Accepted: 27 May 2010
Taxonomy of “Mouse-colored
Tapaculos”. I. On the application of the name
Malacorhynchus speluncae Ménétriés,
1835 (Aves: Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae)
GIOVANNI N. MAURÍCIO (Brazil), MARCOS R. BORNSCHEIN
(Brazil), MARCELO F. DE VASCONCELOS
(Brazil), BRET M. WHITNEY (USA), JOSÉ FERNANDO PACHECO
(Brazil) & LUÍS FÁBIO
SILVEIRA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa
2450: 65–67 (10 May 2010) 0 plates; 25 references
Accepted: 23 Mar. 2010
On the nomenclature of
the Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
infuscatus E.
Hartert, 1902 (Aves: Muscicapidae) with
lectotype designation for Cyornis cyanopolia
Blyth, 1870
CHRISTIANE QUAISSER (Germany)
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Zootaxa
2416: 61–68 (1 Apr. 2010) 1 plates; 31 references
Accepted: 24
Feb. 2010
Pseudasthenes,
a new genus of ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae)
ELIZABETH DERRYBERRY (USA), SANTIAGO CLARAMUNT (USA), KELLY E. O’QUIN (USA),
ALEXANDRE ALEIXO (Brazil) R. TERRY CHESSER (USA),
J. V. REMSEN JR.(USA) & ROBB T. BRUMFIELD(USA)
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Zootaxa
2416: 44–50 (1 Apr. 2010) 2 plates; 30 references
Accepted: 24
Feb. 2010
Certhiasomus,
a new genus of woodcreeper (Aves:
Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptidae)
ELIZABETH DERRYBERRY (USA), SANTIAGO CLARAMUNT (USA), R. TERRY CHESSER (USA),
ALEXANDRE ALEIXO (Brazil), JOEL CRACRAFT (USA),
ROBERT G. MOYLE (USA) & ROBB T. BRUMFIELD
(USA)
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Zootaxa
2354: 56–66 (9 Feb. 2010) 5 plates; 24 references
Accepted: 11
Jan. 2010
A taxonomic revision
of the Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus canus Chapman
(Aves: Rhinocryptidae), with description of a
new subspecies from Ecuador and Peru
NIELS KRABBE (Denmark) & CARLOS DANIEL CADENA (Colombia)
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2009 (12 articles, 2
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Article
Zootaxa
2326: 24-38 (24 Dec. 2009) 4 plates; 44 references
Accepted: 18 Nov. 2009
Taxonomy and distribution of
the Pygmy Eagle Aquila
(Hieraaetus)
weiskei
(Accipitriformes:
Accipitridae)
JAN O. GJERSHAUG (Norway), HEATHER R.L. LERNER (USA) &
OLA H. DISERUD (Norway)
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Zootaxa
2305: 61-68 (7 Dec. 2009) 3 plates; 15 references
Accepted: 7 Nov. 2009
Species limits in antbirds
(Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae): an
evaluation of Frederickena
unduligera (Undulated
Antshrike) based on vocalizations
MORTON L. ISLER (USA), PHYLLIS R. ISLER (USA), BRET M.
WHITNEY (USA), KEVIN J. ZIMMER
(USA) & ANDREW WHITTAKER (Brazil)
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Zootaxa
2301: 29-54 (1 Dec. 2009) 4 plates; 37 references
Accepted: 17 Nov. 2009
Species limits in Pteruthius
(Aves: Corvida)
shrike-babblers: a comparison
between the Biological and
Phylogenetic Species Concepts
FRANK E. RHEINDT (Australia) & JAMES A. EATON (UK)
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Zootaxa
2297: 64-68 (25 Nov. 2009) 0 plates; 32 references
Accepted: 9 Nov. 2009
Type specimens and type
localities of Siberian birds (Aves) described by Jean
Cabanis
JIŘÍ
MLÍKOVSKÝ (Czech Republic) & SYLKE FRAHNERT
(Germany)
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Zootaxa
2297: 27-43 (25 Nov. 2009) 0 plates; 71 references
Accepted: 24 Oct. 2009
Checklist of the helminths of
the kelp gull, Larus
dominicanus (Aves:
Laridae),
with new records from
Chile
DANIEL GONZÁLEZ-ACUÑA (Chile), FABIOLA CERDA (Chile),
JUANA LÓPEZ (Chile), RENÉ ORTEGA
(Chile), CHRISTIAN MATHIEU (Chile) & MIKE KINSELLA
(USA)
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Zootaxa
2297: 15-26 (25 Nov. 2009) 1 plates; 78 references
Accepted: 9 Nov. 2009
Type specimens and type
localities of birds (Aves) collected by Eduard
Eversmann and Christian
Pander during the Negri Expedition to Bukhara in
1820–1821
JIŘÍ
MLÍKOVSKÝ (Czech Republic) & SYLKE FRAHNERT
(Germany)
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Zootaxa
2296: 47-67 (24 Nov. 2009) 5 plates; 27 references
Accepted: 8 Oct. 2009
Extraordinary cranial
specialization in a new genus of extinct duck
(Aves: Anseriformes) from
Kauai, Hawaiian Islands
ANDREW N. IWANIUK (Canada), STORRS L. OLSON (USA) &
HELEN F. JAMES (USA)
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Zootaxa
2290: 36-40 (16 Nov. 2009) 1 plates; 12 references
Accepted: 29 Oct. 2009
A new genus for three species
of tyrant flycatchers (Passeriformes:
Tyrannidae), formerly
placed in Myiophobus
JAN I. OHLSON (Sweden), JON FJELDSÅ (Denmark) & PER
G. P. ERICSON (Sweden)
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Zootaxa
2213: 64-68 (28 Aug. 2009) 1 plates; 11 references
Accepted: 25 Jul. 2009
Geocerthia,
a new genus of terrestrial ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes:
Furnariidae)
R. TERRY CHESSER, SANTIAGO CLARAMUNT, ELIZABETH DERRYBERRY
& ROBB T. BRUMFIELD
(USA)
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Zootaxa
2209: 65-68 (26 Aug. 2009) 0 plates; 30 references
Accepted: 8 Aug. 2009
Nomenclatural notes on
Neotropical swallows of the genus Tachycineta
Cabanis
(Aves:
Hirundinidae)
JIŘÍ
MLÍKOVSKÝ (Czech Republic) & SYLKE FRAHNERT
(Germany)
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Zootaxa
2176: 65-68 (5 Aug. 2009) 4 plates; 13 references
Accepted: 8
Jul. 2009
Correction of the type
locality of Neomorphus
geoffroyi (Temminck,
1820),
with
lectotype designation
MARCOS A. RAPOSO, JOSÉ EDUARDO SIMON & DANTE MARTINS
TEIXEIRA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa
2171: 29-47 (30 Jul. 2009) 0 plates; 65 references
Accepted: 10
Jul. 2009
Type specimens and type
localities of Peruvian birds described by Jean Cabanis
on
the basis of Konstanty Jelski's collections
JIŘÍ
MLÍKOVSKÝ (Czech Republic) & SYLKE FRAHNERT
(Germany)
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Zootaxa
2149: 1-49 (6 Jul. 2009) 10 plates; 183 references
Accepted: 5
May 2009
The type specimens of
Corvidae (Aves) in the Museum für Naturkunde at the
Humboldt-University
of Berlin, with the description of a new subspecies of
Dendrocitta vagabunda
FRANK D. STEINHEIMER (UK)
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Zootaxa
2013: 1-16 (16 Feb. 2009) 4 plates; 78 references
Accepted: 29 Dec. 2008
The rediscovery of Buffon’s
“Guarouba” or “Perriche jaune”:
two senior synonyms of Aratinga
pintoi Silveira,
Lima & Höfling, 2005
(Aves: Psittaciformes)
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brazil) & CLAUS RASMUSSEN (USA)
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2008 (4 articles, 2
correspondence)
Correspondence
Zootaxa
1960: 67-68 (10 Dec. 2008) 0 plates; 14 references
Accepted: 25
Nov. 2008
A new generic name for the
Cuban Bare-legged Owl Gymnoglaux lawrencii
Sclater and Salvin
STORRS L.
OLSON (USA) & WILLIAM SUÁREZ (Cuba)
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Zootaxa
1850: 27-42 (15 Aug. 2008) 5 plates; 34
references
Accepted: 17 Jul. 2008
A new species of African Forest Robin from Gabon
(Passeriformes: Muscicapidae: Stiphrornis)
Brian K. Schmidt (USA), JEFFREY T. FOSTER (USA), GEORGE R.
ANGEHR (Panama), KATE L. DURRANT (USA) & ROBERT C.
FLEISCHER (USA)
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Zootaxa
1843: 67-68 (6 Aug. 2008) 0 plates; 16 references
Accepted: 6 Jun. 2008
Leptocoma
Cabanis, 1851 (Aves: Nectariniidae) given priority over Chalcostetha
Cabanis, 1851 on first reviser principle
FRANK D. STEINHEIMER (Germany)
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Zootaxa
1792: 54-66 (12 Jun. 2008) 5 plates; 38 references
Accepted: 14 May 2008
An overlooked threatened species of eagle: Legge's Hawk
Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti (Aves: Accipitriformes)
J. O. GJERSHAUG (Norway), O. H. DISERUD (Norway), P. C.
RASMUSSEN (USA) & D. WARAKAGODA (Sri Lanka)
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Zootaxa
1742: 61-68 (7 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 31 references
Accepted: 4 Feb. 2008
Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Cynanthus
(Aves: Trochilidae), with emphasis on C.
doubledayi
GABRIELA M. GARCIA-DERAS (Mexico),
NANDADEVI CORTES-RODRIGUEZ (Mexico),
MAGALI HONEY (Mexico),
ADOLFO G. NAVARRO-SIGUENZA
(Mexico), JAIME GARCIA-MORENO (Costa
Rica) & BLANCA E. HERNANDEZ-BANOS (Mexico)
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Zootaxa
1726: 60-68 (12 Mar. 2008) 3 plates; 27 references
Accepted: 24 Jan. 2008
Species limits in Antbirds (Aves: Passeriformes:
Thamnophilidae): an evaluation of Plumbeous Antvireo (Dysithamnus
plumbeus) based on vocalizations
MORTON L. ISLER, PHYLLIS R. ISLER & BRET M. WHITNEY
(USA)
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2007 (2 articles; 1 monograph)
Monograph
Zootaxa
1513: 1-76 (25 Jun. 2007) 31 plates; 1 65 references
Accepted: 23 Apr. 2007
Reappraisal of the parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from the
Mascarene Islands, with comments on their ecology,
morphology, and affinities
JULIAN PENDER HUME (UK)
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Zootaxa
1473: 25-44 (14 May 2007) 15 plates; 33
references
Accepted: 7 Mar. 2007
A new species of Formicivora antwren from
the Chapada Diamantina, eastern Brazil (Aves:
Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)
LUIZ PEDREIRA GONZAGA (Brazil), ANDRE M. P.
CARVALHAES (USA) & DANTE R. C. BUZZETTI
(Brazil)
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Zootaxa
1387: 1-25 (8 Jan. 2007) 142 references
Accepted: 7 Nov. 2006
Avian type specimens and their type localities from Otto
Schutt's and Friedrich von Mechow's Angolan collections in
the Museum fur Naturkunde of the Humboldt-University of
Berlin
F.D. STEINHEIMER (UK) & W.R.J. DEAN (South Africa)
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2006
(8 articles)
Article
Zootaxa
1325: 117-145 (28 Sept. 2006) 129
references
Accepted: 25 Jul. 2006
The taxonomic status of the Italian Sparrow — Passer
italiae (Vieillot 1817): Speciation by stabilised
hybridisation? A critical analysis
T. TÖPFER (Germany)
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Zootaxa
1325: 99-115 (28 Sept. 2006) 6 plates; 50
references Accepted:
25 Jul. 2006
Song dialects as diagnostic characters — acoustic
differentiation of the Canary Island Goldcrest subspecies
Regulus regulus teneriffae Seebohm 1883 and R. r.
ellenthalerae Päckert et al. 2006
(Aves: Passeriformes: Regulidae)
M. PÄCKERT (Germany)
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Zootaxa
1325: 75-98 (28 Sept. 2006) 13 plates; 63
references Accepted:
25 Jul. 2006
Remarks on biology, vocalisations and systematics of
Urocynchramus pylzowi Przewalski (Aves, Passeriformes)
A. GEBAUER, M. KAISER & C. WASSMANN (Germany)
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Zootaxa
1325: 55-73 (28 Sept. 2006) 4 plates; 35
references Accepted:
25 Jul. 2006
Characterization of a secondary contact zone of the Great
Tit Parus major and the Japanese Tit P. minor (Aves:
Passeriformes) in Far Eastern Siberia with DNA markers.
L. KVIST & S. RYTKÖNEN (Finland)
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Zootaxa
1325: 7-54 (28 Sept. 2006) 1 plate; 218
references
Accepted:
25 Jul. 2006
The Palaearctic Titmouse Species (Aves: Paridae: Parus
sensu lato) — A current survey
S. ECK (Germany)
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Zootaxa
1316: 1-31 (18 Sept. 2006) 8 plates; 36 references Accepted:
9 Aug. 2006
Rails (Rallidae: Gallirallus)
from prehistoric archaeological sites in Western Oceania
J.J. KIRCHMAN & D.W. STEADMAN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1271: 37-56 (24
Jul. 2006) 12 plates; 26 references
Accepted: 22 Jun. 2006
The correct use of the name Scytalopus
speluncae (Ménétriés,
1835), and the description of a
new species of Brazilian tapaculo (Aves:
Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae)
M.A. RAPOSO (Brazil),
R. STOPIGLIA (Brazil), V. LOSKOT (Russia) &
G.M. KIRWAN (UK)
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Zootaxa 1166: 49-55 (3
Apr. 2006) 2 plates; 24 references
Accepted: 4 Mar. 2006
The name Synallaxis
whitneyi Pacheco and Gonzaga, 1995,
is not a synonym of Synallaxis
cinereus Wied, 1831 (Aves:
Passeriformes: Furnariidae)
R. STOPIGLIA & M.A. RAPOSO
(Brazil)
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2005 (3 articles)
Article
Zootaxa 1072: 1-25 (28 Oct. 2005) 67 references
Accepted: 8 Oct. 2005
The type specimens of Paradisaeidae,
Cnemophilidae and Ptilonorhynchidae (Aves)
in the Museum für Naturkunde of the Humboldt-University of Berlin
F. D. STEINHEIMER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1046: 1-15 (8 Sept. 2005)
7 plates; 20 references
Accepted: 12 Aug. 2005
New specimens of the early Eocene frigatebird Limnofregata
(Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae),
with the description of a new species
S. L. OLSON (USA)
& H. MATSUOKA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 799: 1-6 (7
Jan. 2005) 29 references
Accepted: 20 Dec. 2004
A name for the clade formed by owlet-nightjars,
swifts and hummingbirds (Aves)
G. SANGSTER (The
Netherlands)
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2003 (2 articles)
Article
Zootaxa 224: 1-7 (30 June 2003) 3
plates; 9
references
Accepted: 18 June 2003
Cytotaxonomic diagnoses of two Neotropical
swift species: Streptoprocne
biscutata and Streptoprocne
zonaris (Aves:
Apodidae)
J. RIBEIRO, R. A.
TORRES, M.L. ADAM and D.A. CORNÉLIO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 199: 1-10 (19 May 2003)
2 plates, 35 references
Accepted: 9 May 2003
The phylogenetic position of Gallinuloides
Eastman (Aves:
Galliformes) from
the Tertiary of North America
G. J. DYKE
(Ireland)
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